dodge freak
Well-Known Member
And not in a good way, ha ha.
Early last week I put my short block 340 in were my 318 used to be. I thought I put the heads on in the car so its easy on the hoist. All went ok--I thought.
Got the S.B. in but was a 1/2 inch in too far, so the trans mount needed to be loosen so the motor could more up. Went easy. Then I noticed after the trans bell housing was tight the torque converter refused to spin. No it was in all the way, my old forged crank hub was just like .015 too small. Had to remove the block and my shop guy grounded the t.c hub a bit so it go in all the way. I'm renting a hoist too--takes up less room.
So back in the short block goes and the heads are now on and I go to put my exhaust manifold on today. Un un. The darn exhaust refused to move up that 1/2 inch..my exhaust guy welded hangers on the mufflers.
So today I got to go back to the rented shop to get a power hacksaw to cut my 2 1/2 pipes to put a connector in to lengthen the pipes. Saw cut great but now I need a tailpipe expander to slip one side in...and like no dumb auto stores have them anymore and Summit is out of their $19 one and the next one is $40 plus shipping. So Harbor Fright is shipping me one for $23 total.
Before this my motor was delayed two weeks cause one lifter bore was oversize from the factory and another shop had to do the lifter bushing.
I'm asking myself what other unforeseen problem is next.
Btw, my 318 spun the rod bearing end of March!
Early last week I put my short block 340 in were my 318 used to be. I thought I put the heads on in the car so its easy on the hoist. All went ok--I thought.
Got the S.B. in but was a 1/2 inch in too far, so the trans mount needed to be loosen so the motor could more up. Went easy. Then I noticed after the trans bell housing was tight the torque converter refused to spin. No it was in all the way, my old forged crank hub was just like .015 too small. Had to remove the block and my shop guy grounded the t.c hub a bit so it go in all the way. I'm renting a hoist too--takes up less room.
So back in the short block goes and the heads are now on and I go to put my exhaust manifold on today. Un un. The darn exhaust refused to move up that 1/2 inch..my exhaust guy welded hangers on the mufflers.
So today I got to go back to the rented shop to get a power hacksaw to cut my 2 1/2 pipes to put a connector in to lengthen the pipes. Saw cut great but now I need a tailpipe expander to slip one side in...and like no dumb auto stores have them anymore and Summit is out of their $19 one and the next one is $40 plus shipping. So Harbor Fright is shipping me one for $23 total.
Before this my motor was delayed two weeks cause one lifter bore was oversize from the factory and another shop had to do the lifter bushing.
I'm asking myself what other unforeseen problem is next.
Btw, my 318 spun the rod bearing end of March!
